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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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